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Research on the Macroscopic Mechanical Property Continuum of Square Lattices Composed of Piezoelectric Laminated Zigzag Beams

by
Zengshuo Zhang
and
Jinxing Liu
*
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Materials 2025, 18(15), 3499; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153499
Submission received: 18 June 2025 / Revised: 15 July 2025 / Accepted: 23 July 2025 / Published: 25 July 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)
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Abstract

A novel square lattice composed of piezoelectric laminated zigzag beams positioned between each pair of adjacent nodes is proposed. Each zigzag beam is made of four piezoelectric laminated straight beams, formed by laminating a piezoelectric layer and a base layer. The effective moduli are derived by analyzing the unit cell subjected to a stress field. Voltages applied to the piezoelectric layers can be adjusted to tailor the effective moduli of the lattice without altering the microstructure. Theoretical predictions were verified by finite element simulations. Parametric analyses were conducted to examine the effects of voltage on the tailoring of effective moduli in the piezoelectric laminated zigzag beam-based square lattices.
Keywords: lattice; piezoelectric laminated beam; macroscopic mechanical properties; tailoring of effective moduli lattice; piezoelectric laminated beam; macroscopic mechanical properties; tailoring of effective moduli

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Zhang, Z.; Liu, J. Research on the Macroscopic Mechanical Property Continuum of Square Lattices Composed of Piezoelectric Laminated Zigzag Beams. Materials 2025, 18, 3499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153499

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Zhang Z, Liu J. Research on the Macroscopic Mechanical Property Continuum of Square Lattices Composed of Piezoelectric Laminated Zigzag Beams. Materials. 2025; 18(15):3499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153499

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Zhang, Zengshuo, and Jinxing Liu. 2025. "Research on the Macroscopic Mechanical Property Continuum of Square Lattices Composed of Piezoelectric Laminated Zigzag Beams" Materials 18, no. 15: 3499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153499

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Zhang, Z., & Liu, J. (2025). Research on the Macroscopic Mechanical Property Continuum of Square Lattices Composed of Piezoelectric Laminated Zigzag Beams. Materials, 18(15), 3499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18153499

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